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Please don't see this as an interrogation, but i'm interested in how you are going about this.
100 pages covering the entire world history?
The book that I helped out on cost £3000 to publish here in the UK, it had about 40 pages and colour photos. The publishing company set a price for it, after some other companies turned it down because they thought it wouldn't sell that well, even although the author was a historian and a college lecturer.
no 100 pages in the 1st VOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Templar Knight
ok, so volume 1 will cover the ancient period, vol 2 up to the roman times?
yesQuote:
Originally Posted by Templar Knight
do u really think that a company will take you on board with 19 volumes, that proffesors of history stuff
100 pages per volume?Quote:
Originally Posted by clayton ballentine
not very long volumes... are these full-length encyclopedia volumes?
C'mon guys, let's not keep him from his work any longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craterus
I'm not, I look forward to hear how this book turns out... ~D
Good luck clayton bellentine
Come on guys, just because professors with PhDs struggle to publish books, let alone 19 volume sets, it doesn't mean Clayton can't! He got a 98 on a Duke history exam! Come on! We are dealing with a genious people!!! :P
I apologize, I went too far. I will shut up now.
Thanks for coming to your senses... your advice and corrections are appreciated, but overflowing emotions lead to rash decisions and, in this case, unneeded conflict.
Forgive the wise talk ~;)
~Wiz ~:cheers:
I guess I was just being stupid cause I had previous arguments with clayton and it was really buggin' me. But we all know the feeling, sometimes people just rub you the wrong way (and they just don't stop rubbing) and you can't help it.
Next time I'll just keep it to myself, and avoid a fight.
That's the right sort of attitude ~;) ~:cheers: ~:cool: ~D
clayton, you have a lot of unanswered questions. You might want to ask your parents to help you with all the non-writing parts of publishing a book. I'm sure they have to learn about publishing too, but they can make some phone calls to find the right people to help you. Another possibility is to consider talking to a history teacher at your school or maybe even a professor of history at a local university - you mentioned Duke in one of your posts. I'm sure they can give you some great guidance and helpful advice, or refer you to someone who can help you more. Even great writer have a lot of help. Just read the "acknowledgements" page of any book and you will see that writing a book is not a one man show.
Geroshi i would like to think you for the sorrport and thanks for the helpful advice i alrady have interveiws lined up with historians on Monday ;)
I heart Clayton Ballantyne.
Ah, memories...
I would suggest a little note...
Tiber River.Quote:
. As babies, Romulus and Remus were put into a basket and tossed into the Tiger River. Rescued by a she wolf who nursed them, the twins lived and grew up.
She wolf can also be translated into woman-of-the-night (whore).
Little sparse on the Kings themselves. Especially the unique method of king choice for the first few (Roman/Etruscan, Sabine, etc.)Quote:
After that, Rome supposedly had seven Kings.
Be definite. Perhaps lends an uncertain air about the writing.Quote:
formed perhaps one-third of the population. They joined the ranks of the urban poor, a group that totaled about one forth of Roman society.
The quote refers to Christianity. The lower-class Romans were attracted to the new religion because it forgave everyone from the Lydian slave to the patrician in the Senate. This new religion appealed to all genders and class levels.Quote:
It attracted many Romans.
Could I get a reference on this?Quote:
control of the religious matters and local affairs to the Jewish court called the Sanhedrin. Jews where divided into two major Factions. One group, called the Zealots, wanted to rid there homeland of the Romans. Another group believed the Messiah, or savior, was soon to appear according to biblical tradition, god promised that the messiah would restore the kingdom of the Jews.
Overall, in my personal opinion this is textbook worthy. Information to cover the era, but not enough to constitute a historian's bible.
The war between Thebes and Sparta should be mentioned. This began the rise of Thebes, and the fall of Sparta. Since Sparta was still dominate in Greece after the Peloponnesian War, it caused Thebes to claim victory over Sparta (a rare feat in itself) and the Theban general's tactics inspired Philip as he sat in Thebes.
Oh, man. I read through this the first time ever just now and just about died laughing. I'm all for enthusiasm for history in youth. Heck, I am/was like that. But this... is golden.
Just search Clayton Ballantyne - it always cheers me up:laugh4:
Do I smell a troll?
I remember this well. It truely ranks up there with the Bartix thread.
Na, he wasn't a troll persay, he had a few issues and coupled with his immaturity, it ended up getting him banned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Innocentius
And I think that sums it up pretty good and there is no need for this thread to stay open.Quote:
Originally Posted by bones58
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